Snipping the Tip Prevents AIDS?

That's what a study examining infection rates among those men who were circumcised versus those who weren't apparently found. You can be there will be further studies on the subject, as the infection rate was significantly lower among those who had been circumcised.

The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, which causes AIDS, now infects close to 40 million people and has killed another 25 million. It mostly affects sub-Saharan Africa and the main mode of transmission is sex between a man and a woman.

Several studies have suggested that men who are circumcised have a lower rate of HIV infection. This has been especially noticeable in some parts of Africa, where some groups are routinely circumcised while neighboring groups are not.

Last year, Dr. Bertran Auvert of the French National Research Agency INSERM and colleagues at WHO found that circumcised men in South Africa were 65 percent less likely to become infected with the deadly and incurable virus.

The scientists project that if all men were circumcised, the infection rate would fall 37%. That potential outcome could means millions fewer people infected with the disease, free up limited medical resources to deal with those who become infected, or treat other related health issues.